Records of Legal Education Archive

The Records of Legal Education Archives (RLEA) was established at IALS as part of the Records of Legal Education Project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, to provide a home for the records of individuals and agencies prominent in the field of legal education where no alternative place of custody could be found.

A printed Guide to the Records of Legal Education Archives is available for consultation at IALS Library and at the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. The Guide lists records in alphabetical order by depositing agency, with detailed lists of series (functional groups) and item lists of records. You can also search the archive records using the SHLs Archives Catalogue.

The Archives is located in the IALS Library. Supervised access is provided by appointment at the main Enquiry Desk of the Library. Bona fide researchers should initially contact the IALS Librarian, Jules Winterton, to discuss their field of interest and arrange an appointment. Most records are open, but some restrictions have been placed on access to material as specified by the depositors. These restrictions are noted in the introduction to each entry.

Summary guide to holdings and finding lists

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Dates

Description

A.ACLEC	1991-1999	Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct: press cuttings
A.ALT	1965-1996	Association of Law Teachers Archive
A.BARR	1990-1994	Barrow Inquiry Papers Papers of R Deech, Principal, St Anne's College Oxford and a member of the Inquiry team, relating to the Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities at the Inns of Court School of Law, chaired by Dame Jocelyn Barrow
A.CHULS	1974-1999	Committee of Heads of University Law Schools
A.CLE	1845-1996	Council of Legal Education Archive
A.CLEA	1972-1995	Commonwealth Legal Education Association Archive
A.CLRP	1987-1993	Commonwealth Legal Records Project Archive
A.IALL	1964-2007	International Association of Law Libraries Archive
A.IALSLIB	1774-1992	IALS Library manuscript material relating to legal education and research
A.ILA	1873-1990	Archive of the International Law Association
A.LSOC	1836-1984	Law Society: Examination Records (PDF handlist)
A.LSRG	1989-1996	Legal Skills Research Group Papers
A.MARSH	1968-1995	Dr S Marsh's papers (law teacher)
A.READ	1972-1983	Professor James S Read's papers (law teacher)
A.RLEP	1993-1998	Records of Legal Education Project Archive
A.SALS	1997-1999	Society for Advanced Legal Studies Papers
A.SCLE	1991-1994	Standing Conference on Legal Education Minutes
A.SLSA	1989-1996	Socio-Legal Studies Association Archive
A.SPTL	1908-1998	Society of Legal Scholars (formerly the Society of Public Teachers of Law) Archive
A.TWIN	1965-1994	Professor William L Twining's papers (law teacher)
A.UKNCCL	1960-1989	United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law Archive

AIM25 collection description for the RLEA.